Seminars to explore salmon recovery programs

CORVALLIS - The Oregon Water Resources Research Institute at Oregon State University will present a 10-part seminar series this fall on successes and failures in Pacific Northwest salmon recovery plans, featuring leading scientists, agency administrators and other experts.

Titled "Learning from Failure: The Columbia River Salmon Restoration," each program will be held on a Monday from 4-5 p.m. in Room 102 of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Building on the OSU campus. A reception for speakers will precede each lecture and begin at 3 p.m.

All presentations are free and open to the public.

Speakers and topics include:

Sept. 29: Jonathan Brinckman, natural resources reporter for the The Oregonian newspaper, "Investigative Journalism of the Salmon Restoration Program for the Columbia Basin."

Oct. 6: David Bella, professor of environmental engineering at OSU, "Cumulative Impacts and their Resistance to Restoration."

Oct. 13: Boone Kaufmann, associate professor of fisheries and wildlife at OSU, "Review of the Success of Salmon Restoration Activities."